Kate Winslet Quotes
I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
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Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.
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Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
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I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.
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I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.
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An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely hard to get there but got kicked out in the first round itself. 'If others can win, why can't you?' I repeatedly asked myself.
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I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.
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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
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I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.
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I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.
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Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
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I don't do very well with extremes of any kind - extreme diets, extreme fitness - so moderation makes a lot of sense, and Hershey's has really great portion-friendly desserts to help people incorporate treats into their lifestyles so they don't feel like they're depriving themselves and are still living a balanced life.
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Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work.
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I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.
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Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
